INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Topic: Italian Society
- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”
Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
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- Art
Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History
Book Presentation
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Parole Parole: “Tremendo”
Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
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Parole Parole: “Omertà”
Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
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Parole Parole: “Polpettone”
Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
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Parole Parole: “Paraculo”
Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
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- Art
Podcast: Antonio Monda on the Exhibition “Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York”
La Repubblica
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Parole Parole: “Schizzo”
Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
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Parole Parole: “Zonzo”
Today’s word is ZONZO, Italian for wandering or roaming.
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Parole Parole: “Birichino”
Today’s word is BIRICHINO, Italian for a little rascal.
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Parole Parole: “Bofonchiare”
Today’s word is BOFONCHIARE, Italian for mumbling and complaining.
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Parole Parole: “Minestra”
Today’s word is MINESTRA, Italian for soup.
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